泊まる

How to remember it

泊 (lodge/anchor) suggests stopping and settling in for the night at a place.

Example sentences

• 今夜はホテルに泊まります。

  こんやはほてるにとまります。

  I will stay at a hotel tonight.

• 友達の家に一泊泊まった。

  ともだちのいえにいっぱくとまった。

  I stayed one night at a friend's house.

Usage

Intransitive (places take に); transitive equivalent is 泊める (to put someone up).

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